National Regional Profile: Wagin (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA58610   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
47
55
55
45
38
Unemployment rate%
4.1
5.3
5.7
4.5
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
231
202
221
270
-
Taxable individualsno.
917
964
991
939
-
Taxable income$m
31.5
39.5
39.7
34.7
-
Average taxable income$
34 332
40 936
40 087
36 906
-
Net tax$m
6.4
8.5
8.8
7.5
-
Average net tax$
6 983
8 802
8 915
8 016
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
21.5
22.2
21.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
560
569
605
630
-
Wage and salary income $m
14.9
16.8
18.7
20.1
-
Total income $m
15.8
17.9
20.0
21.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 521
29 553
30 873
31 914
-
Average total income$
28 136
31 485
33 078
34 255
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.0
55.5
56.0
53.3
-
Females%
47.0
44.5
44.0
46.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
24.8
20.6
25.1
24.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.0
22.5
18.0
19.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.1
20.9
21.3
21.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.8
20.9
19.8
20.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.3
15.1
15.7
14.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
6.9
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
12.7
11.4
12.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.0
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.5
15.0
15.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
2.3
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.8
15.2
14.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.7
7.3
6.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.3
6.6
5.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.8
21.3
21.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.4
7.9
8.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
360
378
343
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
13.3
20.7
16.0
-
-
Total income$m
14.5
20.2
16.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 932
54 651
46 782
-
-
Average total income$
40 218
53 551
48 110
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
174
156
162
150
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
66
78
84
75
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
51
57
63
66
Total businessesno.
-
291
291
309
291
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
18
18
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
3
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
33
21
24
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
24
48
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
9
Total business exitsno.
-
-
27
48
30
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year